Exploring the leaky pipeline: Tokenism, status group effects, or self‐selection?
European Management Review, EarlyView.Abstract In most European universities today, more than 50% of bachelor's degrees are awarded to women, but the corresponding share of full professorships is only about 25%. This phenomenon is called the leaky pipeline. Most explanations refer to gender biases and stereotypes, motherhood, discrimination, and tokenism.
Margit Osterloh, Katja Rost
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Informal Women's Work in Public Spaces: Why Should It Matter?
Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Informal women's work in public spaces is central to livelihoods and social dynamics in cities of the Global South. For decades, public spaces have functioned as vital sites of economic activity, particularly for women engaged in informal work.
Philipa Birago Akuoko, Michèle Amacker
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Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the prospective motherhood penalty encountered by women white‐collar workers of childbearing age, regardless of their childbearing status, in China's non‐state‐owned enterprises. Drawing on 63 qualitative interviews with women employees, selected from a broader study of 85 participants, it explores how women subjectively ...
Rose Xueqing Zhang
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From pandemic to progress: maternal health resilience in the post COVID-19 era in Tamil Nadu, India. [PDF]
BMC Pregnancy ChildbirthParamasivan K, Prakash A.
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Choice Feminism and the Opt‐Out Phenomenon: Is It Possible to Speak of Free Will?
Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The aim of this research was to question choice feminism in the light of the opt‐out phenomenon, through a thematic narrative analysis of the professional trajectories of five Brazilian women with university degrees. As a result of the research—and the main contribution to the advancement of knowledge in the field—it was found that although ...
Paula Furtado Hartmann de Queiroz Monteiro +3 more
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Perspectives on midwife-led care as a solution to reduce obstetric violence in health facilities in Ghana. [PDF]
Front Glob Womens HealthSenkyire G +5 more
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An Autoethnography of My Experiences of Undergoing Fertility Treatment While Working as an Academic
Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In this paper, I provide an autoethnographic account of my experiences of undergoing fertility treatment while working in a higher education institution in the United Kingdom. My autoethnographic reflections are situated in the context of neoliberal academia, characterized by high pressures to perform. Despite the prevalence of infertility and
Samantha Wilkinson
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Where and why mothers discontinue healthcare services: a qualitative study exploring the maternity continuum of care gaps in Somalia. [PDF]
BMC Pregnancy ChildbirthMohamed AA +4 more
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Women in Mining, Industry Norms, and Rural Patriarchy: A Perfect Storm
Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Rural industries are historically male‐dominated with women commonly out‐migrating to metropolitan areas in search of work opportunities. Rural industries, such as mining, have the potential to recruit women from rural areas, offering employment, training, and income prospects and to contribute positively to rural women's economic and ...
Donna Bridges +4 more
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